The Week in Review: FRHSD Raises and JCP&L Investigation

New Jersey  that the abandoned Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital would be cleaned up and transformed into a preserved open space for recreational use, but not much at the site has happened since then. A state official has now confirmed that this is still the plan, but it is taking time to get underway.

“With properties with buildings this old and with some historical significance, it’s going to take time, and no one wants to put a time frame on it,” State Department of Treasury Spokesman Andy Pratt said.

The estimated cost of the cleanup is $27 million.

With Marlboro Township officials looking to cut costs to , small environmental ideas are not out of the question.

Basketball court lights are on until 10:30 p.m. at the Marlboro Recreation Center, but should the lights be put on individual timers, set by the users and shut off when no one is on the court?

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Several  may not be at the top of a long list of problems for Jersey Central Power and Light, the electric company that serves 236 New Jersey municipalities.

The State Division of Rate Counsel in Trenton called on Wednesday for an examination of the company's finances. The board is alleging JCP&L made around $90 million more than it should have in 2010, according to a Board of Public Utilities news release.

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A large hole collapsed on a young boy, now identified as Ezra Cornman of Ocean Township, who was digging in the sand in Long Branch on Tuesday afternoon. Cornman succombed to his injuries at an area hospital on Wednesday, on Thursday morning.

Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent Charles Sampson is up for an 11.45 percent merit-based pay raise for achieving a majority of the quantitative and qualitative merit goals for the 2011-2012 school year. 

Superintendents’ salaries were capped last year under Gov. Chris Christie’s school reform agenda, making Sampson’s salary $175,000 - which is equivalent to the governor’s salary. The governor capped superintendents salaries in an effort to deflate administrative earnings and keep more money in the classroom.

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The New Jersey Superior Court of Appeals on behalf of Union Beach, halting construction of the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority's wind turbine.

Conti Group, which has been contracted by the BRSA to build the turbine, must not only stop construction but also begin to demobilize by removing their equipment and their crew, explained BRSA Executive Director Rober Fischer.

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